Koito has developed a short-range automobile lidar, and won a new order for it from an international automaker.
The new short-range lidar, co-developed with Cepton, has been chosen for use in monitoring the area around an L4 vehicle. It uses Cepton’s MMT (Micro Motion Technology), and has excellent features such as durable architecture that enables a frictionless and rotation-free lidar solution. Koito’s production expertise accumulated as a lighting tier-1 has enabled a high level of QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery), which eased the new lidar’s selection.
In addition to the short-range lidar, Koito will offer a lineup of medium- and long-range lidars to meet the needs for all types of mobility.
DVN comment
It is gratifying and continually astonishing to see such acceleration in the quality, performance, compactness, versatility, and cost-reduction of automotive lidars, with ever-better units being launched one after another after another. Kudos to Koito and Cepton!
